← 1969 1968 1967 1970 in Somalia → 1971 1972 1973
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	History of Somalia List of years in Somalia

The following lists events that happened during 1970 in Somalia.

Incumbents

• President: Siad Barre

Events

• In April, Barre created the National Security Courts, judicial bodies which tried his political opponents and public critics ^[1]
• On 10 September, the government enacted National Security Law No. 54, allowing the NSS to punish critics of the regime with indefinite detention without trial ^[2]
• On 21 October, Barre declared Somalia a Socialist state run according to the principles of Scientific socialism, and banned diyya blood money ^[3]
• Nuruddin Farah published From a Crooked Rib

Public holidays

See also

• Timeline of Somali history

References